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74Genetically Modified Food Crop Plantings Now Exceed One Billion Hectares
Despite the opposition to GM crops throughout the world, particularly in European countries, their onwards march and spread continues unabated. The total area of farmland throughout the world used for growing GM crops increased by about 10% in 2010
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82Food Inc and Genetically Modified Foods
I emplore you to watch the movie Food Inc., if you haven't. It is important that we educate ourselves; even if you aren't willing to change. Modified foods are everywhere; shouldn't you know where you can find them?
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78Indian Government says No to BT Brinjal
Quick update: After holding public consultations across several cities in India and meeting up with farmers, scientists, environment activists and ordinary citizens, the Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has refused to allow BT...
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73The Genetically Modified Food Debate
What are Genetically Modified Foods? The objective of genetic modification (GM) is to introduce desirable traits in an organism. Genetic modification of food has been practiced for centuries through...
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75Genetically Engineered Fruit
Remember the days when tomatoes smelled and tasted, well, like tomatoes? As technology has changed so has the way we look at food. What is known as genetic engineering, the process of altering the genetic makeup of cells or moving genes across...
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69GM Plants Leach Their DNA into Our Soil
If you are one of the 85-90% of consumers who want clear labeling of all genetically engineered foods you will be appalled to hear of another danger of GM plants. There is a strong possibility that GM crops can cause our soil to become infertile and...
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75How Monsanto is Threatening Our Food Supply
Monsanto is playing God with our food supply. The effects of GMO crops cross pollinating other crops could have a devastating effect. There is a revolving door of employees between the FDA and Monsanto.
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66The Basics on Genetically Modified Foods
Most people in the world had never given much thought to genetically modified foods until 1999, when scientist Arpad Pusztai caused an outcry by claiming to show that young rats fed GM potatoes were suffering...
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73Is GM Food Safe for Eating
Today, scientists can isolate genes of interest from any living organism and can incorporate that gene into any other living organism.Scientist can also cut apart the genes and paste them together almost at...
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63The Health Dangers of Genetically Modified Foods
Contrary to Europe, citizens in US are less conscious of the danger of GM Foods because the industrial lobbyists have obtained the right not to label them as such. That's why there's so much complacency in US...
